Joy of Bird Watching
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAF694 |
| Author: | Vishwa Mohan Tiwari |
| Publisher: | National Book Trust, India |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2021 |
| ISBN: | 9788123737850 |
| Pages: | 310 (Throughout Color Illustrations) |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
Book Description
Underlining India’s rich tradition of love for nature and birds, the book deals with complicated and technical subject of ornithology in a style convenient for the general reader. With an Endeavour to provide comprehensive information about various aspects of birds and bird watching and the integral place that they command in the Indian cultural life since the ancient times the book also trace the origin of the names of some of the original Hindi edition adding some new information, the book is likely to be of use for a wider segment of bird lovers.
Vishwa Mohan Tiwari (b. 1935), retired as Air Vice Marshal from Indian Air Force, is presently engaged as a full time writer writing on variety of subjects viz; nature, literary criticism, travelogue, warfare technology etc both in Hindu and Millennium Hindi Sewa Award by World Peace council and Kirti Samman by Delhi Hindi Akademi.
| Credits | ix | |
| Key to Pronunciation | xv | |
| Acknowledgement | xvii | |
| 1 | Why and How of this book | 1 |
| 2 | Nature and Birds | 22 |
| 3 | Birds: a fount of blessings | 30 |
| 4 | Brief History of Bird Watching | 33 |
| 5 | Orangs of Birds | 37 |
| 6 | An Art called Bird Watching | 43 |
| 7 | Index of Birds | 55 |
| 8 | Description Of Birds | 60 |
| 9 | Bibliography | 265 |
| 10 | Appendices | |
| i | Same Name in Three Or More Indian | 267 |
| ii | List of English Names | 271 |
| iii | List of Hindi Names | 275 |
| iv | Glossary | 279 |
| v | Organs And Limbs | 287 |
